Improvement in machine-indicators for cloth-manufacturing



@attimi (States aient Letters Patent No; 91,822, (lated June 29, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE-INDICATORS FORv CLOTH-MANUFACTURING, &c.

llhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part cf the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Bnows, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, and State of'Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machine-Indicators for cotton and woollen machinery; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a machine-indicator for cotton and woollen machinery, that will accurately gire any measurement required, with but little hindrance tothe user, being simple., durable, cheap, and useful.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

i Figure l represents aplan of my improved machineindicator, showing its working-parts, how constructed and adjusted. Y

Figure 2 represents a front elevation of the same.

Similar letters, in the dierent figures, indicate correspondinglparts.

1u the construction of my improved machine-indicatorsa represents the base, on the top of which are secured the standards b, c, and d.

The standards b and c have bearings formed in the same, nearl their top, for the reception of the shaft e.

Ont-he end nearest the stand b, is firmly secured the dial-gear f, by means of the nut g, and screw formed on the end of the shaft e.

The dial-gear f is formed with a dial, h, and gear i.

The dial hV is divided and iigured, indieating the number of yards of warp to the cut, the number of yards of yarn spun, or the number of yards of cloth woven; the gear t, its teeth corresponding in number with the figures on the dial h, thus each tooth in the gear 'i representing, on the dial h, one yard.

Near the outer rim of the dial h. is the stop-pin j, which is firmly secured to the same. The object ot' this pin j is to operate against the shipper, stopping the machine when the desired number of yards of warp is dressed required in a cut.

Connecting with this dial-gear iis the pinion k, its length being suiicient to accommodate any-size dialgear i, the number of teeth in the same ranging from twenty to one hundred, more or less, as the case may require, as the only change required in the indicator,

to indicate a greater or less number of yards to a cut, is in this dial-gear f, thus enabling the operator to make the changes required in the same as he desires.

This pinion k is rmly secured to the shaft l, which is provided with bearings formed in the staudsb and 1l.

Connected to the pinion k is the gear m, which connects with a. worm or the driving-power.

n is the stationary pointer or finger.

My improved indicator being thus constructed, and its several parts adjusted in position, is then ready for usc, motion being given to the different parts by means of the gear m." Thus, when the operator wishes to change the indicator, which is a common occurrence, more especially when applied to dressers, when a. greater or less number of yards of warp is required to a cnt, or when applied to spinning-frames, in spinning yarn of different degrees of fiueness, or when applied to looms, in weaving cloth of'diii'ereut degrees of fineness and thickness, the operator is enabled so yto do, at a moments notice, by simply removing the dialgear f, by aid of the 'screw g, and substituting in its place another' dial-gear, f, having the required umnber of teeth toeffect this change, which is also indicated ou the dial h, with figures corresponding with the number of teeth inthe gear t'. Thus, in furnishing these indicators for the mauuiacturels use, the required number of dial-gears f is connected with the same, to effect these several desired changes.

Thus, with the use of my improved indicator, the usual trouble experienced in the common ones now in use is entirely avoided,'as when a change has to be made, in this case a new nest of gears has to be substituted, and also an entire separate dial, which not only results in inconvenience to the operator, and an unnecessary loss of time, but a great expense to the manuicturer, in being obliged to effect these changes by such an'nnlimited number of different sizes of gears, and a different and distinct dial for every change.

Thus it will be seen that my improvement, being simple, cheap in its construction,requiring but a little finish to put the same into working-order, compact, durable, and easily and quickly changed, farsurpasses the common indicators now in use, and meeting the demands of the manufacturer.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l lhe replaceable dial-gear f, in combination with the elongated pinion lf, when arranged for the purposes herein described and specified.

WILLIAM H. BROtVN.

XVitnesscs:

GILBERT A. A. Pnvnr, GEO. E. Pnvnr.- 

